My "good by Karratha" Solo creek trip

Geez, i tell you what it is good to be back in the Pilbara after all of this time away. Well it was mid week and i decided that i was going to go up a creek in the local area for what will be the last time for a while. I couldnt convince webby to chuck a sicky so i was on my own, which i kind of liked. was awesome sitting there last night watching the sun set on the local creek for the last time on my own while enjoying a cold beer.

Anyway i managed to get into the creek just in time, was a little to neapish for my liking, this generally means the cat fish are around in plague proportions. I had to work pretty hard to find a pattern that was working but alas after finding the fish on the troll (and dropping my fist fish) they always strike when your rubbing sunscreen on your face dont they... Anyway i set about collecting some livies, i got about a dozen whiting in the first cast and decided that would be enough. I seetled down to soak a few, after dropping another fish early and landing a few of those pesky catties i connected to a decent barra of around 81cm. Stoked, in the creek for less than an hour and i have already seen three barra, one of them was in the boat for a photo before release.


number one

I enjoyed another cold beer and some afternoon tea before the next fish, it was very similar in size to the first and again it was released.


Number two

The sun was setting and my bait was dwindling. I managed another two barra before the night was out, one again around the 82cm mark and the other about 61, both were released.


Number three


Number4

I had another beer then rolled out the swag on the deck of the boat for a good night sleep. I had planned to get up and fish the 4am low but i decided it was a lot more inviting to stay in my swag, especially since i already had a few fish in the boat. I got up just before the sun came up to throw a few poppers around on dawn. I had a massive barra strike on the first cast, it came right out of the water but didnt hook up. Next cast i got another stike, however again it was a pasky catfish, yukkkkkkk..


Yuk....


nice morning

Anyway i decided to call it quits, there was next to no wind and i hit 42 knots on the way home in my boat. Take my barra tally to 48 for the season so far, 76 for the boat. Pretty happy considdering i havnt fished for barra for the best part of 6 weeks.

By by k-town, ill miss you


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Sad to say goodbye

Thu, 2010-02-11 12:38

But...what a way to go! Great report and pics.

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My "good by Karratha" Solo creek trip

Thu, 2010-02-11 12:39

well done on the solo mission ,allways a good read and great pics brad,nice barra and they are great numbers for the season good work

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great fish and great read

Thu, 2010-02-11 12:49

great fish and great read mate. good to see there are plenty up barra up that way still :)

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lucky i didn't come with ya

Thu, 2010-02-11 13:42

lucky i didn't come with ya mate, you would have caught bugger all. good thing your leaving, give the barras a rest for a while. Na great report mate. well done

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great way to see out K-town

Thu, 2010-02-11 13:49

good luck for the move and sure you will find plenty of great fishing in Hedland

oh yeh avoid the Walkabout...ha ha

 

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looks awesome

Thu, 2010-02-11 14:56

Go the solo trip hey. When are you heading up this way?

 

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this saturday mate

Thu, 2010-02-11 15:29

this saturday mate

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nice work

Thu, 2010-02-11 15:54

Nice work mate.  I caught more 3 times more barra yesterday than you did all season, only 55's and 2.5kg, just not quite as much fun though. :(  Looking foward to seeing the Hedland meterys.

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Barra's

Thu, 2010-02-11 17:03

Man, you certainly live in "gods country" Great fish and that morning glass off almost looks too good to disturb... but on the other hand it makes for some pretty good performance trials for the old outboard!!

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Great pics brad! Well done

Thu, 2010-02-11 17:26

Great pics brad! Well done scoring a few bara on the solo!

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Well done mate, hopefully we

Thu, 2010-02-11 17:46

Well done mate, hopefully we will be seeing some hedland barra on here soon.

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plenty of hedland bazzas on

Thu, 2010-02-11 18:12

plenty of hedland bazzas on here allready mate, izzy and the boys have that place sussed

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onya Nigel. Only one gripe

Thu, 2010-02-11 19:37

onya Nigel. Only one gripe though, when I'm carrying your bait bucket you're all tearing over the sandbars like a school kid, then when you have to carry it yourself you get a dozen first throw????
Anyway mate have a safe move up there, the frequent flyer points are ready and waiting for that first set of good tides.

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hahahaha im hearing ya on

Thu, 2010-02-11 21:22

hahahaha im hearing ya on that one Tim :)

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lol

Thu, 2010-02-11 21:30

I'm hearing you as well! lol.

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your going to need a massive

Thu, 2010-02-11 22:13

your going to need a massive spare room mate cos well be visiting often as well.

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what a way to finish up in h

Thu, 2010-02-11 21:37

what a way to finish up in h town. hope to see some good reports from the new port soon. good luck with the move and new job

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Thanks for all you reports

Thu, 2010-02-11 22:23

Thanks for all your reports while you were there.  They were always a good read and the pictures were magic.  I am sure you will find fish where ever you are headed off to!

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Nice

Fri, 2010-02-12 06:03

Nice way to finish up Brad. No doubting you will be up there again soon enough.

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I'm with you guys

Fri, 2010-02-12 09:24

I concur with Tim, Sheldon & Ads, forget the "Waterboy" or the "Bubbleboy", its the "Bucketboy" fishing with brad. All the best in the salt biz in hedland mate.

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Welocme to Hedland

Fri, 2010-02-12 10:50

Look forward to seeing you up this way, I get my boat back next Wednesday after a lenghty repair.  See you on the water hopefully!!!

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well done

Fri, 2010-02-19 20:05

well done mate. would of been a great way to say good bye to your k town creeks